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Education Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Roanoke, VA and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Education Teachers, Postsecondary is $59,290 per year in Roanoke, VA. It is $129,100 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Roanoke, VA is 54.1% below San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-1081 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in Roanoke, VA and 160 in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings